Improvement in stamping apparatus



I 1.1. HUAID. Stamping Apparatus.

,i 'No..l54,279. Paten tedAug.18,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JOHN I. QUAID, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT-IN STAMPING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,279, dated August 18, 1874; application filed June 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN IRWIN QUAID, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Stamping Apparatus, of which the following is a specification:

This invention pertains to that class of devices used for the purpose of marking or stamping fabrics previous to their being cut into articles of manufacture; and it consists in the use of a table upon which the fabric to be marked or stamped is laid, in combination with certain devices for holding the pattern in proper positionupon the fabric, and also certain devices for registering the pattern with each layer of the fabric to be marked or stamped, so that several layers may be out at the same time, if desired, all of which will hereinafter appear.

'Figure 1 represents aside elevation of the table and its apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan, as seen from above. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the middle of the table and one of the uprights.

At A isrepresented a' table or bench, upon which the goods to be stamped are laid, and this is of rectangular form, and generally of sufficientsize to hold a sheet of patterns, as well asgoods tomake a complete suit; but this maybe varied to suit the various kinds of work to be done. Upon the top of said table the sheetor layer of fabrics to be stamped is held in position by pins, as at a a, in the four corners thereof, and upon the upper surface of the fabric is laid the perforated pattern, as at B, which generally consists of a sheet of strong hard paper, with small perforations through it corresponding to the outlines of the articles to becut or the figures o be worked thereon, as by embroiderin g or braiding, as the casemay be. Said pattern is held in proper position, upon the table by a strip of wood, as at G, which is set on edge and fits into a slightgroove in the top of the table, somewhat like a tongue into a groove, as in the matching of boards. Said strip 0 is held firmly in'position by resting against three upright pieces,'as at D, which are fastened to the back edge of the table and extend some distance above it. Upon the front faces of said up rights are pivoted three vibrating studs, E, which extend down to the top of the strip 0, and may be pressed thereon, so as to hold it firmly down upon the table, similar to the action of wedges. The back edge of the pattern is placed underneath the lower edge of said strip, and the studs E are forced upon it, so as to pinch the pattern into the groove under the strip, and thereby hold it firmly in position while the front edge is held down by the hand of the operator, there being a rod fastened to the front edge of the pattern, to serve to keep it straight, as at F, and while thus held the coloring powder is rubbed through the perforations, as in the act of stencilin g. When one sheet has thus been completed another layer of the fabric is then placed upon the one finished by simply lifting the front edge of the pattern out of the way, as shown by the dotted lines at G, and where it is held up by being locked or fastened to a point on the central upright, as at H. For greater convenience a spring may be used at H, of sufficient tension to hold the patternrod F up, and at the same time permit it to be drawn down to the table for work, but which, on being released, will immediately lift the pattern out of the way. After several layers are completed they may all be cut into their several parts upon the table, and thereby save the trouble of handling each one; or they may be cut separately, as desired.

I am aware that another form of an apparatus for the same purpose has been already invented, and I do not therefore claim, broadly, any portion of the above-described apparatus; but

I do claim The combination, in a stamping or stencil .ing apparatus, of a table, A, having pins a. a,

pattern B, clamping-bar O, uprights D, studs E, rod F in the front edge of the pattern,

and spring H, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN I. QUAID.

Witnesses PHILIP OREILLY, Born ELIOT. 

